Topic 1

Age

1. What do you think is the best age to be? Why?

2. What would you do if you were a baby? A child? A
teenager? A young adult? An old person?
3. How do you feel about your parents getting older?
4. What would you do for them before they get old?
5. What would you do for them when they are already
old?
6. If your parents could no longer care for themselves,
where would you let them live?
7. How about you, are you afraid of getting old?
8. Where do you wish to live when you are old?
9. What would you like to do before you get old?
10.At what age should people retire/ stop working?
11.What would you like to do when you retire?
12.What would you like your parents to do when they
retire?
13.Some say that men age better than women and
remain attractive longer. Do you agree?
14.What should you do to keep looking younger?
Topic 2

Celebrities

1. Do you like celebrities?

2. Have you ever seen a celebrity in person? What did
you do?
3. Who is your favorite celebrity? Why do you like
him/her?
4. Can you name some famous people in Korea? In
Hollywood?
5. If you could meet anyone of them and spend the day
with him/her, who would you like to meet? What
would you do? Where would you go?
6. Would you like to be famous?
7. Why? Why not?
8. Do you think famous people are happy?
9. Do you think there is a relationship between beauty
and popularity?
10.Can an ugly person become popular [become a
celebrity]? Why do you think so?
11.What are the pros and cons of being a celebrity?
Topic 3

Job

1. What is your dream job?

2. At what age should people start getting a job?
3. Are working students common in your country (in
Korea)?
4. At what age do people usually work in your country (in
Korea)?
5. Is it easy to get a job in Korea?
6. Is salary important in getting a job?
7. What would you do with your first salary / paycheck?
8. Which is more important, to make a lot of money or to
enjoy your job?
9. Can a person become successful even without
enjoying his/her job?
Topic 4

Internet

1. How many hours a day/a week do you use the Internet?

2. In your opinion, when can students use the Internet?
3. Do you like online shopping? Have you ever bought
something online?
4. What do you usually surf on the internet?
5. What do you usually download from the internet?
6. Do you like online games?
7. Do you use the social networking sites?
8. If yes, why have you decided to join them?
9. What is your purpose for joining?
10.Do you think it’s safe to meet people on the Internet?
11.How does the Internet help us?
12.Will it be hard to live life without the Internet? Why do
you think so?
13.Can you live without the Internet?
Topic 5

Single life

1. Do you think that single people are happier?

2. What are the advantages of being single?
3. What are the disadvantages of being single?
4. What are the advantages of being single?
5. What are the disadvantages of being single?
6. In Korea, what do people think about a woman in her
30s who is unmarried?
7. In Korea, what do people think about a man in his 30s
who is unmarried?
8. How do you think single people feel on Valentines Day?
9. What about you, how would you feel if you were single
on a Valentines Day?
10.What would you do?
11.Are you afraid to grow old single?
12.Who do you think takes care of old single people?
13.Who do you think will take care of you if you grow old
single?
Topic 6

Health
1. Do you take care of your health?
2. Do you think you are healthy?
3. How do you say that a person is healthy?
4. Do you take vitamins or supplements?
5. What kinds of food do you eat on a typical day?
6. What kinds of food do you eat on a special day?
7. Can you name food that are healthy?
8. Can you name food that are unhealthy?
9. Do you exercise?
If yes…
1. What kinds of exercise do you do?
2. How often do you exercise?
3. Why do you exercise? What are the benefits of
exercising?
If no…
1. Why don’t you exercise? What stops you from exercising?
2. Do you plan to exercise in the future?
3. If you would have the time to exercise, what kind of
exercise would you do?
10. Do you like alcoholic drinks?(this question depends on
the student’s age)
~ If yes, how often do you drink? If no, why do you avoid
alcoholic drinks?
11.Why do you think people drink alcoholic beverages?
12.What are the effects of alcohol in our body?
Topic 7

TV and radio

1. Do you like watching TV?

2. Why / Why not?
3. What TV programs do you usually watch?
4. How often do you watch TV?
5. Do you think TV can be educational?
6. Are there educational TV programs in your country?
(in Korea)
7. What kinds of TV program should children and young
people watch?
8. What are the benefits of watching TV?
9. When is it bad to watch TV?
10.What kinds of TV program should you not watch?
11.What are the bad effects of watching TV? (especially
to children and young people)
12.Do you like listening to the radio?
13.What do you listen to? Music, radio programs or news?
14.How often do you listen to the radio?
15.When do you listen to the radio? (while sleeping,
relaxing, studying, eating, driving, etc.)
16.Which do you like more?
Topic 8

Money
1. How important is money to you?
2. What would you do if you had a lot of money? Where
would you go? What would you buy?
3. Is there anything that money can’t buy?
4. Do you save money?
5. What do you save your money for?
6. Is it important to save money?
7. How much money do you spend each day?
8. What do you spend your money for?
9. How much money do you spend for shopping?
10.Do you give money to other people?
11.If your friend needs money, will you lend him/her?
12.Do you give money to beggars?
13.Can money buy love? Why? Why not?
14.Which is more important, love or money? Why?
15.If you had to choose between a person you love and a
person with a lot of money, who would you choose?
Why?
16.Can money make a person happy?
17.Can money make you happy? How much money can
make you happy?
18.Which is more important, money or happiness? Why?
19.If you had to choose between a job that would make
you happy and a job that would give you a lot of
money, which would you choose? Why?
Topic 9

Music

1. Do you like music?

2. What is your favorite type of music?
3. How often do you listen to music?
4. When do you listen to music?
5. What is your favorite band / Kpop group?
6. Why do you like them?
7. How are they different from other singers?
8. Does it help you when you are stressed?
9. How does music affect your mood?
10.Does it make you feel better when you are sad?
11.What kinds of music do you listen to when you are
happy? sad? depressed? angry?
12.Is karaoke/KTV popular in your country? (in Korea)
13.How often do you go there?
14.Who do you go there with?
15.What kinds of music/songs do you sing?
16.Do you play any musical instruments? Which one?
17.How often do you play the _____?
18.Which musical instrument would you like to learn how
to play?
Topic 10

Food

1. What is your favorite food?

2. How often do you eat your favorite food?
3. Why do you like it?
4. How does it taste?
5. What food do you usually eat for breakfast? Lunch?
Dinner?
6. Do you eat snacks? What do you prefer to eat for
snacks?
7. Do you like fast food?
8. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
9. How often do you eat there?
10.Is fast food bad for us?
11.Which do you prefer, fast food or home-cooked food?
Why?

12.What food is traditionally eaten in your country on the

following occasions: (1) birthday, (2) wedding, (3)
New Year, (4) Thanksgiving
13.Which would you rather eat? Delicious food or
healthy food?
14.Would you eat something healthy but is not delicious?
15.Would you eat something delicious but is unhealthy?
16.What food are bad for your health?
17.Name some food that are both delicious and healthy.
Topic 11

Jobs 2
1. Tell me about your first job.
2. What was your first job? Did you like it? Why?
3. How old were you when you got your first job?
4. Is it hard to get a job in Korea?
5. What made you quit your first job?
6. What is your current job? Do you like it?
7. Are you happy with your job?
8. What do you like most about your job?
9. What do you hate most about your job?
10.How long have you been working at your present job?
11.Do you aim to get promoted? Why?
12.Have you ever been promoted?
13.When was the last time you’ve been promoted?
14.How did you feel when you were promoted?
15.If you could get a promotion now, what position
would you like to have?
16.How well do you get along with your co-workers /
superiors / bosses?
17.Do you consider some of them as friends or are they
just co-workers to you?
18.Do you go out with your co-workers / superiors /
bosses? How often? Where do you go?
19.Have you ever had a conflict with a co-worker /
superior / boss? What happened? What did you do?
How did you resolve it?
20.If one of your co-workers didn’t like you, what would
you do?
Topic 12

Internet 2
1. Does your family have wireless Internet access at
home?
2. Do you access the Internet from your mobile phone?
3. Is there public Internet access (wifi) in your country?
4. How does the Internet help in World News?
5. How does the Internet help in communication?
6. How does the Internet help in Politics?
7. Can you think of any other influence of the Internet
worldwide?
8. How would your life be different without the Internet?
9. Can you imagine life without the Internet?
10.Do you think what people show (about their life) in
social networking sites real? Why?
11.What do you think of downloading MP3s from the
Internet?
12.What about movies? E-books?
13.Do you think these should be stopped? Why?
14.What about you, do you download from the Internet?
15.What are the pros and cons of using the Internet?
16.What shouldn’t we do in the internet?
Topic 13

Countries
1. Tell me about your country.
2. Is your country a good place to visit?
3. If you could be a tour guide, where would you take the
foreigners in your country?
4. How is your country different from the others?
5. What do you like / hate about your country?
6. Are you proud of your country?
7. Have you been to another country? Where? How was
it?
8. What country would you like to visit in the future?
9. What would you like to see and do in that country?
10.What do you think is the best country?
11.What countries would you travel if you were to do a
world trip?
12.Would you like to live in another country? Where?
Why?
13.Why do you think some people prefer to live in a
foreign country?
14.What country would you not like to live in?
15.Would you like to work in another country? Where?
Why?
16.Why do you think some people prefer to work in
another country?
Topic 14

City
1. Tell me about your city.
2. What do you like about your city?
3. What do you hate about your city?
4. Is there anything that you would like to change about
your city?
5. If you could move to another city, where would you
like to move?
6. What do you think are the most beautiful cities in
Korea? In Asia? In the world?
7. Why do you think so?
8. What city would you like to visit? Why?
9. Where do you prefer to live, in the city or in the
country? Why?
10.What’s good about living in the country?
11.Did you grow up in the city or in the country?
12.What are some differences between living in the city
and living in the country?
13.Would you prefer to live in a really old historical city,
or a really modern city? Why?
14.How do you think life will be in an old city?
15.How do you think life will be in a modern city?
16.What are some of the advantages of living in the city?
17.What are some of the disadvantages?
Topic 15

Beauty 1

1. What is beauty? How can you say that a person is

beautiful?
2. How important is beauty?
3. Do you think you’re beautiful?
4. What do you like most about your face / looks?
5. Is there anything you would like to change about how
you look? What is it? Why?
6. Who is the most beautiful person in your country?
What do you like about this person? Do you spend
money to maintain your beauty?
7. How much time do you spend on making yourself look
good/better each day?
8. Do you use any products or cosmetics to maintain your
beauty? What are they?
9. Which is more important, beauty or intelligence?
10.If you would choose between beauty and intelligence,
which would you choose? Why?
11.What can you say about the following quotes?
12.Does beauty affect one’s success in life? How?
13.Do you think beautiful / attractive people are more
successful than the others?
14.Is beauty related to power?
15.Can you think of anyone who is successful but is not
physically attractive?
Topic 16

Beauty 2

1. What do you think about plastic surgery?

2. Do you know anyone who’s had a plastic surgery?
3. Would you ever have plastic surgery? Why? Why not?
4. If you could have plastic surgery, which part of your
face would you like to be changed? Why?
5. Do you think people with tattoos can be beautiful?
Why? Why not?
6. Do you have a tattoo?
7. How do you feel or what do you think about people
with tattoos?
8. Would you ever get a tattoo?
9. Do you think people with many piercings can be
beautiful?
10.What kind of body piercings are acceptable for you?
11.How do you feel or what do you think about people
with many piercings?
12.Would you get ever body piercings?
13.What are some of the advantages of being beautiful?
14.What are some of the disadvantages of being
beautiful?
Topic 17

Dream

1. Do you often dream?

2. Do you like dreaming?
3. Do you usually remember your dreams?
4. Tell me about the most recent dream you can
remember.
5. What was your nicest dream that you can remember?
6. What was your worst dream that you can remember?
7. Is there anything that you keep on dreaming about?
8. Do you talk in your sleep when you dream? Do you
know someone who does?
9. Do you walk in your sleep? Do you know someone
who does?
10.Do you believe that dreams have meanings?
11.Do you believe that dreams can sometimes predict
the future?
12.Some people say that dreaming about losing money
means that you will receive it. Have you heard of this?
13.What other sayings about dreams do you know?
Topic 18

Education

1. Do you think Education is important? Why?

2. Why do people have to study?
3. What do you think will happen if you don’t study?
4. What can you say about the Education system in your
country (in Korea)? Do you like it?
5. Do you think the quality of Education in Korea is the
same as with the other countries?
6. How long do you have to study in elementary? middle
school? high school?
7. If you could change anything about your education
system, what would it be?
8. Which level is the hardest, elementary, middle school,
high school, or college? Why?
9. What are the good colleges / universities in your
country?
10.Are most schools coeducational in your country?
11.Have you ever thought about studying abroad?
12.If you could study abroad, where would you like to
study? Why?
13.What would you study abroad? (course / major)
14.What are the qualities of a good student?
15.Are you a good student?
16.How can students become motivated in studying?
17.What are the qualities of a good teacher
Topic 19

Dating 1
1. At what age do people in your country usually start
dating?
2. Where do people usually go for a date?
3. Who are the people who usually go on a date? [friends,
couples]
4. Have you ever been on a date? If yes, tell me about
your first date [Ask who, when, where, what
questions]. If no, why haven’t you dated anyone yet?
5. What is your dream date?
6. If you could date anyone in the world, who would you
like to date? Why?
7. What are some popular places to go on a date?
8. Why are they popular?
9. Do you know what it means to “go Dutch”?
10.Is it usual for people in your country to “go Dutch” if
you go out together?
11.Who do you think should spend money on a date?
12.[If the student is a girl] Is it okay for you to pay for a
date?
13.What is a “blind date”? [It is dating a person you
haven’t seen/met].
14.Have you ever been on a blind date? If yes, tell me
about it. If no, would you consider having a blind date?
15.Have you ever arranged a blind date?
16.Do you believe in love at first sight?
Topic 20

Dating 2
1. Have you ever had a crush on someone? If yes, what
did you like about that person?
2. How old were you when you had your first
boyfriend/girlfriend?
3. Does your first love still hold a place in your heart?
4. Have your parents ever disapproved of any of your
relationships?
5. Do your parents allow you to go on a date?
6. If your parents disapprove your date, what will you do?
7. If your friends disapprove your date, what will you do?
8. What is the best impression to make on a first date?
9. What is the worst impression to make on a first date?
10.Has anyone ever disappointed you on a date? Why?
What happened? [If the student hasn’t had any dates
yet, you can ask “What do you think can make you
disappointed on a date?”
11.Have you ever been turned-off to someone on a date?
Why? [If the student hasn’t had any dates yet, you can
ask “What do you think can make you turned-off on a
date?”
12.At what age should people start dating? [student’s
opinion]
13.At what age should people stop dating? Is there any
age when a person is too old to date?
14.Is it okay to date someone else when you are already
in a relationship?
15.Is it okay to date someone you don’t love?